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Colour

#BBFAFF

  • #BBFAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BBFAFF is a cyan with RGB values 187, 250, 255 and HSL 184°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BBFAFF#BBFAFF
HEX#BBFAFF
RGBrgb(187, 250, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.9804, 1
RGB percentages73.3%, 98%, 100%
HSLhsl(184.4, 100%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 26.7%, 100%)
CMYK26.7%, 2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,319,487
CSS custom property--colour: #BBFAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.23:1
Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#440500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1F4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4EBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#A4FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.1Powder blue · ΔE 9.4Light cyan · ΔE 10.7Light blue · ΔE 13.3Azure · ΔE 16Alice blue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC0BB
Analogous#BBFFE2, #BBD8FF
Triadic#FFBBFA, #FAFFBB
Split complementary#FFBBD8, #FFE2BB
Tetradic#E2BBFF, #FFC0BB, #D8FFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEFEFF
Darker −10%#88F6FF
Darker −20%#55F2FF
Darker −30%#22EFFF
Darker −40%#00DCEE
More saturated +25%#BBFAFF
Less saturated −25%#C3F3F7

Channel breakdown

R187
G250
B255
Red187 (73.3%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue184.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G FA · B FF

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